Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, Manchester was ‘on the verge of declaring a public health emergency’ of its own.
“We’re in some of the worst league tables for some of the wrong reasons,” the city's leader says.
Manchester had not yet been hit by the virus, but its population was already facing a dire outlook - limited lifespan, children living in poverty and too many deaths from serious illnesses. Three years on, those problems have only become more pressing.
